Magibon…

I got this off Boing Boing. Magibon’s a youtube starlet because she’s an American who looks like she came straight out from a Manga.

Magibon Video. I think she’s singing something.

Magibon’s is a 22-year old girl of mixed American/Japanese parentage with a big crush on all things Japanese.

She’s got those huge manga eyes that emote Anime cuteness. Frankly, I don’t expect Manga-lovers to walk straight after goggling at her videos.

Anyway, her entire repertoire of videos consists of opening her eyes real big, staring at the web cam, speaking some Japanese, making cutesy actions — for example, the "V" sign (what’s up with that?) — and singing.

It’s not really a bad thing. After all, there’s worse crap on Youtube. But it’s only good for a 2-minute jaunt between deadlines and deader deadlines.

Still, she’s damn "Kawaii" and that works for me. 🙂

PS: She’s actually popular enough for parodies. Now that’s fame for you!

Magibon Paraody. Cute Girl, Filthy Mouth = Hentai Career?

Amy Winehouse shot in the head by William S. Burroughs

Sheeeet! Amy "Rehab. No No No. One more drink!" Winehouse was shot dead by William Burroughs (Author of the Naked Lunch) in an art gallery somewhere in Manhattan.

Full Story here. And bring your martinis.

Video of the day: Naked Lunch Trailer by David Cronnenberg

Death by toys… What a way to start the giving.

Tis the season to be jolly… Falalala…

Tell that to the Wal-Mart guy who got trampled on by people rushing for toys (source: Seattle Times. You can also google "Black Friday Death"). Geez. TOYS. Not food. Not water. Not life-saving drugs. But TOYS!!! Little plastic things with fixed grins and squishy bodies.

In other news: two cowboys squared off at a Toys R Us in California. Their women were having a cat-fight. And it upset their boys. Now them bitches got no boys after the guys blew each other’s brains out with well-placed bullets. (The bullets must have been damn accurate. That Toys R Us was thronged with kids, moms, dads and silly fuckers.)

So toys make people mad? Well ban the plastic!

But what do we do with the people?

New Blog on Tech at tech-ticks.blogspot.com

I’ve made a new blog at called Technology Ticks at http://www.tech-ticks.blogspot.com. It’s all about cool technology and how it changes us.

Do drop by, read up, leave a message and spread the word!

See y’all there.

My blog’s traffic stats…

…really suck. I get on average 13 reads a day and 3/4 of them go to this post on "Bouncing Breasts". Geez…. the wonders of SEO and filthy minds (:D).

BOING BOING BOING.

New Curriculum: Go Get a Date or you get “F”!

Wahahahah…. damn funny. I was googling for information on "Singapore Youth Attitudes" and I got this article by the Herald Tribune on dating classes held in Polytechnics.

Sadly, we’re a lackluster and hopeless bunch when it comes to dating and sex. I would like to be in one of those classes (if only to meet nubile, young things to do nubile, not-so-young things with. ROWR!!!).

I love this paragraph: "In 1991, for example, when the government began offering cash bonuses to couples with more than two children, the newspaper printed tips for having sex in the back seat of a car, including directions to some of the "darkest, most secluded and most romantic spots" for parking.

It suggested covering the windows with newspapers for privacy."

And Singaporeans say that the government don’t care!

Source: A different kind of homework for Singapore students: Get a date – International Herald Tribune

Remember, Remember the 5th of November…

…is long past. And many old things rushed at me today.

I believe I met an ex-girlfriend on the bus today. She sat behind me swathed in a long brown dress. (Perhaps she understands how to wear them now.) I was on the way to work. She… I don’t know where she was headed to, but she dropped off at CK Tangs.

We did not acknowledge each other.

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

After work, I drank at Coffee Bar K — a classy bar with bartenders who look at you and make fine cocktails — which I’ve not drank in for nearly a year. It’s still fine indeed. I ordered a strong cocktail, a little sweet, no gin-base. Anthony (a young Japanese chap) explained his mix, "I see you come in hot. I wanted to cool you down. So I made a fizzy drink for you. Strong but sweet drinks makes it hard to taste the alcohol."

Two drinks tonight for $21. One for one. Quiet. Well mixed drinks. A gem.

I see no reason why gunpowder, treason

On the way home, I popped into Bullfrog at Crown Centre. It was a sad empty bar staffed by aunties and not-so-young China girls. I had a Guinness draft ($13). They didn’t accept VISA. I went with a China girl with charmingly disheveled hair and wide eyes to draw money. "我已经做了八个月!" she said in her lilting accent when I mentioned that it wasn’t like that six months ago.

Should ever be forgot… (Guy Fawke’s Night)

Indeed, a day for remembrances.

Listen to 草戒指 by Y2J
http://media.imeem.com/m/WIhJ0vnFv8/aus=false/

"愛不愛都痛 我以為我懂 最後你要自由. 忘了溫柔要套在手中…"

G Star Game Convention 2008

One of my clients — CJ Internet — took part in G Star Game Convention 2008 in Goyang City (read it at Chosun.com) from 14th Nov to 16th Nov. It’s their first time there and it’s probably to promote their upcoming online games and global Netmarble services (which yours truly, copy-edited and copy-wrote for :D).

For all of you who don’t know, G Star is an annual showcase of Korea’s online games (the country produces 30% of the world’s online games) that attracts buyers and gaming fans from around the globe. One of the biggest draws of this year’s exhibition is NC Soft’s Aion (Youtube trailer here) which gamers raved for its graphics and gameplay.

Personally, I’m a little tired of these swords and sorcery MMOGs. Nothing, and I say nothing, beats good ol’ Dungeons and Dragons. And it’s rather difficult to differentiate one swords and sorcery MMOG from another. They all look the same after a while. [Side note: EA Mirror’s Edge is ground-breaking. Why can’t we get more games like this?]

Anyways, I couldn’t make it down to
G Star because I’m in Singapore — oh, the wonders of telecommuting. But one of the editors (many thanks Toughbabe!) kindly shared her photos & eye candy with me.

I love these games conventions where Otakus surround beautiful people decked out in outlandish — and sometimes skimpy — costumes.

Ohhh… yeah! 😀

 

Eye Candy

Meh…

It’s an actual word now. Not just a "hmmmm" or a "ahhh" or a "ohhhh" — mere noises. It actually means "I couldn’t care less". Certainly appealing to us apathetic and jaded 30-somethings.

Credit Bart Simpson (the spiky-hair guy next to us) with pushing it through. So all together now, "MEH!!"

Read it here: ‘Meh’: Apathetic expression enters dictionary – Yahoo! News

PETA – Holier Than Thou

Jennifer Cierlitsky of PETA wrote an article on Beijing’s ban on dog meat during the Olympics (Read it here).

The article itself is patronising, and has that "I’m-better-than-you-because-I-don’t-eat-meat" tone to it. And comments by readers of the article sicken me. I wonder if they ever get out of their country and learn about cultural mores?

Probably not. That’s why they’re so fucking myopic.